"It has been an honor fighting alongside you, Supreme Kai Shin"
"Likewise Yaksh...no, Prince Dimsum, I believe?"
"Heh. I believe the odds aren't that bad. Majin Frieza and Majin Buu. Two of us remaining in this scorched planet."
"I admire your optimism, human."
"Defiant to the end, that's how we are. Here they come - ORYAAAA!"
Yaksha's mind still throbbed, after being bereaved from probably his death in combat. A unknown yet familiar landscape appeared before him, as he tried to get his bearings to where he had ended up. Unfortunately for him, he was in freefall and as he pondered he fell in the fountain of Conton City, making one hell of a splash. The shock seemed to make him regain his senses, before he hapzardly climbed out, and eyed the wreckage of the city and its ethereal surroundings.
He wanted desperatedly to go back to the battle, and try and do the impossible. Save Earth from Majin Buu. Odds were appalling, but he wasn't gonna wait it out to die. He had to stand up for those that were gone or could not. But the reality kicked in. This was in all likelyhood, Conton City, according to Shin's tales and Kami's guidance.
Or whatever was left of it, anyway. Well, no use in dwelling on it, he guessed, as he snapped his fingers, revealing a quick change of clothes with Magic Materialization. He was now wearing a dry, fresh suit of a Supreme Kai's attendant. He wore it better than Kibito, that was for sure. Only one person could make sense out of tails, and he knew better than to look haggard in front of such a respectable presence. He honed his senses, and remembered the vague, distinct feeling of divine Ki. It was hard to sense, and most mortals, even those of Kami's race would forever be denied the ability to sense it, but he knew. He could. Alongside, there were other ki senses he picked, but they were mostly in disarray, it seemed...although not hostile.
"Kai Kai!" He energetically said, as he vanished in an instant...
...Only to appear before the Supreme Kai of Time, inside the Time Nest, offering an elegant bow. "So it was wished, so it shall be. This one called Yaksha greets the Supreme Kai of Time. How may I be of service?" Yaksha said solemny.
And you had better have a good reason from plucking me out of my timeline in the moment I was most needed.
Edit: actually, I do have a question that's been eating at the back of my head for a bit.
The RP description seemed to suggest all variations of our characters were/are being hunted down throughout the timelines. Is this correct or are all our characters just people who coincidentally had their homes destroyed and thus they're in a prime position to be made use of by the Supreme Kai of Time?
Name: Dimsum AKA "Yaksha" Species: (Ageless Due to A Dragon Wish) Human Age: Stopped counting past the third century. Appears to be 14. Gender: Male Appearance:
Personality: Yaksha, like the spirits he borrowed his nickname from, is dual natured. Usually behaving like a gentle refreshing breeze of goodwill and politeness, his soothing smile betrays a deep dark abyss of enduring despair that has been going for millenia. Indeed Yaksha is no stranger to malice and cruelty, and has lived for so long, he is all but a cynic deep down at this point, knowing that everywhere in existence, sentient beings are more than often mediocre or scum. Even so, his unnatural lifespan has granted him a god's wisdom, and deep beneath it, he still hopes and cherishes the small miracles that pepper creation. It is mayhaps the sole reason why he has not commited suicide yet, despite being unable to age. Bio:
Once upon a time, where lands were ruled by tribal kings, wars were fought with spears and laws were engraved on stone, a certain prince was born out of the favored concubine at the time. Said prince was said to embody the beauty of the kingdom, and even his own mother became enthralled with it. As the prince grew, the mother whispered into the King's ears for him to scourge the land and find a method to preserve beauty.
Kingdoms were plundered. Wars were waged. And after years of bloodshed, the legend of the dragonballs came forth. Mystical peerless artifacts that could grant any wish. They were used, and the foolish concubine wished for eternal youth upon her 14-year old son, a decision she would come to regret. For the kingdom was spent, and soon fell to the combined forces of all the other kingdoms and factions the King and his concubine had opposed. In the ensuing chaos, Dimsum managed to escape, only to find the folly of it all.
What was the use of being a eternally cute teenager, in this dog-eat-dog world? His heart darkened, and turned to obscure arts. He became a recluse, a mystic of magic known as the Yaksha. No less than two centuries passed in his studies, when a question gnawed at his mind. What were the dragon balls? Where did they come from? Eventually, he found a clue in the Korin Tower, and also a major roadblock. A magician could simply not compete with the martial arts of the guardian of the tower, and thus had to retrain himself from the ground up to an acceptable level.
Still, thanks to the selfish wish once formulated by his mother, he had no worries about playing it slow and steady, and eventually he managed to gain a good foundation that allowed him to progress to the next level. There, he met Kami, the creator of the dragonballs, that said in no uncertain terms that the wish he had been subject upon could not be undone, and therefore, that he had to live his life without ever growing up. However, as a small consolation, he took the fledgling Yaksha as his aide, and trained him further into the mysteries of life, existence, and martial arts. Yaksha thus became a gopher of the guardian of Earth, and therefore did his bidding to save the earth from the destruction and suffering caused by Demon King Piccolo and other mortals.
However, eventually, their gazes turned outside to the encroachment of the Emperor of the Universe, Freeza, and his minions, who had discovered that Earth harbored dragon balls. Kami ordered Yaksha to round up a group of peerless warriors to train like they had never before, and even allowed Yaksha to make use of the Other World's training facilities under King Kai. All stops were pulled, and even Piccolo was reunited with Kami to face the new threat. They even recruited the android genius Dr Gero.
The war was short and brutal, but at the end of the day, a narrow victory was achieved as Freeza was driven off, at the cost of losing Kami, Piccolo, the dragon balls, and everyone but Yaksha, alongside with two thirds of the population of the planet. Yet, life went on, even in this grim world, and Yaksha found himself with the prospect of trying to find a new Kami. It would not last long, as in a few years, another threat loomed.
Freeza had returned. But alongside him... the wizard known as Babidi, who eventually revived the monster known as Majin Buu. The situation was dire. With no allies left, Yaksha tried a last stand against the forces that would destroy the planet...
...only to be pulled out of his timeline by the Supreme Kai of Time. This made Yaksha somewhat dejected, but he knew better than to antagonize a Supreme Kai.
Techniques:
Magic: Dimsum was originally a mystic, and while a lot of knowledge is now rusty, he can still pull some magical stuff.
Magic Materialization: Can create his own clothes out of nowhere. Fancy
Mystic Healing: Better than a Senzu bean. It does require time, and he has to lay his hands on the target, leaving him wide open.
Shapeshifting: Can alter his appearance, but this doesn't change his power.
Expert Ki Sensing: Having been trained by Kami, Yaksha can sense ki exceptionally well, and can to a degree identify the hostility in targets much like namekians (although his version is still less refined than that of slug people). His area sensing is particularly wide.
Vajra: Vajra is a massive ki blast technique that can be executed in two ways. One handed it behaves like a homing lance with heavy firepower, two handed sacrifices homing abilities for sheer raw power and can be considered a finishing technique on its own, with decent piercing capabilities.
Kamuy (Kaioken): A technique Yaksha devised by himself, before finding out King Kai had his own version in stock. Yaksha's version does make use of his fine ki sensing and control and allows a slightly better yield.
Kai Kai: Learned this technique for his cooperation in dealing with Majin Buu and his relation to Kami and the Supreme Kais. Can teleport without the restrictions of Instant Transmission through different worlds.
Flight: His can be ki or magic flavored. Magic flavored is slower, but it can be useful if he's drained of ki.
Transformations:
Other Info: Looks pretty in a dress. Yaksha is extremely xenophobic towards the races that served under Freeza.
Name: Dimsum AKA "Yaksha" Species: (Ageless Due to A Dragon Wish) Human Age: Stopped counting past the third century. Appears to be 14. Gender: Male Appearance:
Personality: Yaksha, like the spirits he borrowed his nickname from, is dual natured. Usually behaving like a gentle refreshing breeze of goodwill and politeness, his soothing smile betrays a deep dark abyss of enduring despair that has been going for millenia. Indeed Yaksha is no stranger to malice and cruelty, and has lived for so long, he is all but a cynic deep down at this point, knowing that everywhere in existence, sentient beings are more than often mediocre or scum. Even so, his unnatural lifespan has granted him a god's wisdom, and deep beneath it, he still hopes and cherishes the small miracles that pepper creation. It is mayhaps the sole reason why he has not commited suicide yet, despite being unable to age. Bio:
Once upon a time, where lands were ruled by tribal kings, wars were fought with spears and laws were engraved on stone, a certain prince was born out of the favored concubine at the time. Said prince was said to embody the beauty of the kingdom, and even his own mother became enthralled with it. As the prince grew, the mother whispered into the King's ears for him to scourge the land and find a method to preserve beauty.
Kingdoms were plundered. Wars were waged. And after years of bloodshed, the legend of the dragonballs came forth. Mystical peerless artifacts that could grant any wish. They were used, and the foolish concubine wished for eternal youth upon her 14-year old son, a decision she would come to regret. For the kingdom was spent, and soon fell to the combined forces of all the other kingdoms and factions the King and his concubine had opposed. In the ensuing chaos, Dimsum managed to escape, only to find the folly of it all.
What was the use of being a eternally cute teenager, in this dog-eat-dog world? His heart darkened, and turned to obscure arts. He became a recluse, a mystic of magic known as the Yaksha. No less than two centuries passed in his studies, when a question gnawed at his mind. What were the dragon balls? Where did they come from? Eventually, he found a clue in the Korin Tower, and also a major roadblock. A magician could simply not compete with the martial arts of the guardian of the tower, and thus had to retrain himself from the ground up to an acceptable level.
Still, thanks to the selfish wish once formulated by his mother, he had no worries about playing it slow and steady, and eventually he managed to gain a good foundation that allowed him to progress to the next level. There, he met Kami, the creator of the dragonballs, that said in no uncertain terms that the wish he had been subject upon could not be undone, and therefore, that he had to live his life without ever growing up. However, as a small consolation, he took the fledgling Yaksha as his aide, and trained him further into the mysteries of life, existence, and martial arts. Yaksha thus became a gopher of the guardian of Earth, and therefore did his bidding to save the earth from the destruction and suffering caused by Demon King Piccolo and other mortals.
However, eventually, their gazes turned outside to the encroachment of the Emperor of the Universe, Freeza, and his minions, who had discovered that Earth harbored dragon balls. Kami ordered Yaksha to round up a group of peerless warriors to train like they had never before, and even allowed Yaksha to make use of the Other World's training facilities under King Kai. All stops were pulled, and even Piccolo was reunited with Kami to face the new threat. They even recruited the android genius Dr Gero.
The war was short and brutal, but at the end of the day, a narrow victory was achieved as Freeza was driven off, at the cost of losing Kami, Piccolo, the dragon balls, and everyone but Yaksha, alongside with two thirds of the population of the planet. Yet, life went on, even in this grim world, and Yaksha found himself with the prospect of trying to find a new Kami. It would not last long, as in a few years, another threat loomed.
Freeza had returned. But alongside him... the wizard known as Babidi, who eventually revived the monster known as Majin Buu. The situation was dire. With no allies left, Yaksha tried a last stand against the forces that would destroy the planet...
...only to be pulled out of his timeline by the Supreme Kai of Time. This made Yaksha somewhat dejected, but he knew better than to antagonize a Supreme Kai.
Techniques:
Magic: Dimsum was originally a mystic, and while a lot of knowledge is now rusty, he can still pull some magical stuff.
Magic Materialization: Can create his own clothes out of nowhere. Fancy
Mystic Healing: Better than a Senzu bean. It does require time, and he has to lay his hands on the target, leaving him wide open.
Shapeshifting: Can alter his appearance, but this doesn't change his power.
Expert Ki Sensing: Having been trained by Kami, Yaksha can sense ki exceptionally well, and can to a degree identify the hostility in targets much like namekians (although his version is still less refined than that of slug people). His area sensing is particularly wide.
Vajra: Vajra is a massive ki blast technique that can be executed in two ways. One handed it behaves like a homing lance with heavy firepower, two handed sacrifices homing abilities for sheer raw power and can be considered a finishing technique on its own, with decent piercing capabilities.
Kamuy (Kaioken): A technique Yaksha devised by himself, before finding out King Kai had his own version in stock. Yaksha's version does make use of his fine ki sensing and control and allows a slightly better yield.
Kai Kai: Learned this technique for his cooperation in dealing with Majin Buu and his relation to Kami and the Supreme Kais. Can teleport without the restrictions of Instant Transmission through different worlds.
Flight: His can be ki or magic flavored. Magic flavored is slower, but it can be useful if he's drained of ki.
Transformations:
Other Info: Looks pretty in a dress. Yaksha is extremely xenophobic towards the races that served under Freeza.
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Dina grimaced internally, as she saw the battle unfold, still drawing closer to Mariette. While her face did not show many signs of it, her ears were downcast, and her tail was curled. She clearly was not enjoying what was seeing. She would have interceded for the wounded girl, but that seemed to have been taken care of in a particularly callous manner. However, the real concern was the fact they were using human shields to clear traps, and brainwashed beasts as fodder.
"Utterly disgusting." She whispered harshly, as she kept her poise ready, the ghosts of her mind clawing at the back of her thoughts. Dina had briefly hoped that these daughters of sons and peace, that had been whisked away in a magical world, would have taken part of their child naivette and made this more bearable. But who she was kidding, this was not unlike the Great War as far as how low people could sink. Gingerly exploiting dangerous powers for what? Hollow honour and spite. Both Mariette and Justine seemed to have drawn quite the clout among what it amounted a personal enmity.
Her eyes darted briefly to Dan. You're such a tool, my lord. This is not spreading happiness at all, but misery. She sighed briefly, and pondered what to do next. For a brief moment, she entertained herself thinking back to Penny. And how was she doing. Penny would have been more suited for this battle than her. And she had left her in the area she was least skilled at. A true role reversal. Well, there was not much she could do about it.
"Mariette, I am going to summon a few fresh reinforcements. Seems they're able to penetrate further than initially expected." The catgirl said, as she focused what kind of creatures she could do. The mansion was labyrinthine, so movile trap-affinity monsters would do well. A mix between kobolds and faeries would help.
"Ruler's menagerie." She announced, as she willed the diminute troops into existence. But she needed more power. Still she could not overstretch herself.
"Kobolds... Fae." She said. Those two were affordable. "Masters of the maze, Minotaurs."A couple of minotaurs would be nice additions. None too bright, but certainly strong and superb in mazes due to their innate orientation. Dina then looked at Mariette. "I could summon stronger monsters if you could spare some energy." Dina announced.
Kitsune and Scorpion man were next in the list. While the former was too crash and too proud to be ordered around, she would be an excellent aide, and scorpion man, despite his dreadful appearance was actually a wondrous, faithful knight.
"You're a c**t, Biz Cereal" Sakura narrowed her eyes at Justine's glee to toss her own troops to clear the path among the blizzard, with the subsequent gory explosion. The whole issue did not help as there was a bunch of dog-wolf things who cleary had not been fed in a while attacking her from all sides, which prevented further remarks made towards the Vampire. It was fortunate, though, as five minutes in her company had made thought of ditching the mission, and strangling the bitch with her own leech entrails.
But, yes, lots of monsters, ice clones, weather and ... were those kaijuu? They did look like Kaijuu. Sakura's mood worsened as she felt being pelted in all directions by garbage tier opponents. There was also some asshole stealing mirrors and dropkicking people in the middle of it. At least Tuxedo boy was being a decent wingman. If she had been a girly girl, she would have been charmed. But beneath the ridicously puffy and pink coat she was wearing, she was simmering with rage. In her battle-oriented mind an idea was formed.
Also, was that a bomb? Sakura wasted no time in sniping the thing off with her own lightning.
"ENOUGH! I've HAD ENOUGH!" Sakura said, snapping as her electricity became more intense, and began to run up towards the nearest glowy ice fire bug. She made one hell of a colossus climb. "I will show you how to use f*cking giant glowy centipedes!" She claimed, as she did the mother of wall-runs climbing one of the Rhemoraz, before seizing both antennae with her hands.
She had heard once, half drunk in the Penrose Science Channel that you could use zappy things on bugs to create automatons. Well, It was worth a shot. Plus she always wanted to ride a Kaijuu herself. So she zapped the beast's antennae, intent on driving it berserk and steering it towards the clutters of enemy units to trample them.
Meanwhile, Tenebra seemed to twitch slightly. Upon hearing Mariette's voice, she was positively beaming, not minding the tentacle monster's gross nature at all besides dodging the gross appendages. Shoggy was far more clingy at times. "Naughty Mariette, I will spank your butt, ehehehe." She giggled. While most of her ailments from her era as the Star Eater's herald were gone, Umukamui had only done minimal patchwork to fix her mind, and the gears were creaking again.
Her disguise artifact activated, as she took on the appearance of Mariette herself, still giggling.
"One exit, coming up~~" She said, as she focused her gravity powers. The Void Room, as Mariette had claimed, had "thin walls". It seemed to be able to connect easily. But that worked both ways. Folding space here was easier. Tenebra smugly smiled as a jagged surface spreaded wide, deeper into the mansion's corridors.
She made no effort to mask that she could create portals, albeit in a cruder fashion than Mariette. She wanted Mariette to know. She wanted Mariette to play.
Praying to Odin was usually messy. Reaver himself found startled a bit when the message to his mind had come, amidst cleaning the blood of the sacrifice he had just offered. He had been preparing himself mentally and physically for what could be one of the most unfavourable fights on his entire magical boy career.
Cindy's struggle seemed easy work compared to this, mayhaps. But he did not falter. Because he knew.
Odin would never choose a coward. And fear was the mind killer. Plus there was little to think about it. His life was already shit, with his few remaining strings of humanity being played forth and back. He sighed. At least the ordeal would give him allies.
"Let's go, mother." Reaver said, knocking on Viva's room gently. "It is time."
Sakura began to somewhat shiver upon being put in contact with the blizzard. Despite spartan training, she spared no time in conjuring a fluffy coat that for some reason, had to be pink too. Well, it still stopped the blowing wind. Obscuring visibility in purpose, something told me there were many a trap ahead. A hothead she was, but even this cold blizzard seemed to cool her head a little.
Welcome to the show said indeed, as a foppish individual called her. She would have given Aurelio a stern gaze, but there was no time for antics right now. She nodded briskly, as she focused on the task at hand. She was glad Emily wasn't in this mess... although she grimaced that Lily had chosen Mariette's side. Still, there was this important task at hand.
For once, she would play coy, and simply allow herself to keep being in close vicinity to the bombastic leech, as she went on with her speech. She would commit only the reasonable lightning in sniping the incoming forces, giving a sense of protection and unity towards Justine von Visceral. That bloody mosquito loli had a high opinion of herself, and there would be many a chance to slap her across the room... If she could keep herself glued to the vampire lady.
Meanwhile, the girl know as Tenebra silently gazed at the leader of the expedition, the Beacon girl. The second team would move on to making a pincer attack, and she knew her space time warping ability would be able to at least make the whole portal and teleporting less than a one-sided affair. She blandly smiled, chuckling to herself, before pulling an artifact out of a Hammerspace handbag.
"Disguise artifact, shall I use it?" She said to the infiltration team.
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"Mew?" Dina let a surprising yelp upon Dan's forceful nature taking her away to Mariette, before blinking at the unfamiliar situation. True to her bearings, she kept under a masquerade of poise as she absorbed the situation. She had been literally pulled at the last second.
Well, if she had been pulled earlier, Penny’s situation would have erupted, so that was a small blessing. Only just a bit. The situation here was not much better. The group was as heterogeneous as it were. She spotted the Golden Trove people, the decent girl and the ex-harlot among them. And a bunch of others.
And just like that, Mariette had been forced to start the play when the vampyr came in with a squad of beacon. Amidst some ranting about a brainwash, apparently. Of course the girl was brainwashed. Well, that wasn’t the term Dina would employ. Pavlovian conditioning would be more likely.
Vampyrs needing an invitation to enter was tosh apparently. That girl was starting to pressure, but at least the affirmation to help was in there, nominally. Until one girl, with a bombastic display started doubting things about allies.
No way, already bickering? Dina rolled her eyes as she watched that green girl’s display. Reassuring Mariette would come later. The scene brought a certain deja-vu. People were questioning ambiguous allegiances.
Oh the irony. At the Sanctuary, Dina had been the green girl there. But she had taken no pleasure in it. But this girl… was all joy and japes, but her heart and true intentions seemed far more muddled. The tell tale fretting of the would be ambiguous double agent was almost transparent. Dina had a good eye to appraise people, thanks to her power of friendship. Patrons also, more than often not, were far from transparent with their charges.
“Bog”
She muttered under her breath as she twitched her tail and rolled her ears. She began to focus her power.
“Don’t answer that, girl. It’s obvious she’s trying to play her cards at being an information hustler. She probably knows more than you do.” Dina said to Viridian, as she walked towards Lily and Alexander, and snapped her fingers.
“Chuchuna of the Ruler’s Menagerie, come forth.” Dina said, summoning a beast upon her presence. Out of seemingly nowhere an humanoid, huge, tall and monstrous came forth, covered in skin and resembling a bipedal gorilla.His kin had many names. Among those were Bigfoot and Yeti. The creature had a sad, somber bearing, but a glint of intelligence and restraint was shown in his eyes.
“I know you don’t like fighting, Chuchuna, but we need more time. Go forth into that snowstorm and buy time. Harass, but don’t engage frontally. Try to fetch their candles and mirrors if you can.” Dina said to the Yeti, before attempting to send the Yeti to the snowy battlefield with her key cat-girl doll.
Her eyes rested on Lily. “It’s okay, girl. You probably came with kind intentions to this abode, only to be caught in politics and power plays.” She paused. “I also know how it feels to go solo, and need another patron.” She caught a glance at Dan.
She indicated Lily to follow into a corner of the room, before addressing her further, touching her shoulder softly.
“Whoever that Umukamui or your patron is, it’s nothing important as the fight we’re about to do.” Dina said to Lily, as she drew closer. “And I would be honored to fight with you.”
Lily listened in as Mariette explained the situation, and gave a very slight wave of her hand to Eliza who was the last to arrive, barely lifting it from her chest, before she resumed her attention to the eyepatch-wearing girl. Mariette seemed to have caught her lie, as she felt the stoic girl’s hard gaze upon her, causing her to avert her eyes. Then Alex told her the truth, and she bit her lip in shock. ”A-Alex...” She spoke, looking at him. It was a sensitive topic, and she hoped that she could discuss the matter more discreetly, when there wasn’t an invading force out for Mariette’s blood, but it seemed they had no choice. Fortunately Alex at least had the courtesy to not mention Ronin by name, but she could only hope Mariette wouldn’t become suspicious of them, and would answer honestly.
Lily then gasped under her breath when Mariette admitted to the possibility of her mind having been tampered with; even if she dismissed the topic afterwards to focus on Justine’s attack, the green-haired girl was left with a lump of anxiousness sitting in her stomach. Well, it’s still possible Ronin was mistaken, but…”
She half-heartedly nodded to Mariette’s request to help her as her allies; even if she disliked the idea of having to fight against some of her friends, she needed to somehow stop them before things went out of control. She lifted her eyes up when tactics were discussed, and then blushed as Mariette suggested she could help with regards to Mariette’s own Bane. Uhh...This is embarrassing. But we’ll do what we can.” She gave the most fleeting of glances to Alex, and took the communicator offered to her, setting it to her ear. She was slightly startled by the voice that suddenly came out of it, and took Alex’ hand, her other hand lifted up to the earpiece.
Alexander gave Lily’s hand a light reassuring squeeze. “I’m not really an expert on love, so I’m not sure if what we have is ‘true love’ or just normal ‘love’. Nor am I sure what the difference is. The movies I watched that mentioned it never really went into detail about it...but then again, what would Hollywood know about true love anyway?”
H-Hi, Miss Companion! I’m Lily, and I’ll be helping Mariette,” she answered back, probably looking like a doofus to everyone else.
For the rest of Mariette’s briefing, Lily occasionally managed to listen, while at other times she was caught up in her own feelings of doubts and fears. It was at this time that she looked around, and noticed other people, such as Dan, Hilaria, and a catgirl she hasn’t seen before. Not only was she pretty like a princess, she also acted like one, with perfect posture and mannerisms. Lily had seen plenty of ojou-like characters in anime and such, but she seemed to evoke the very image of one. However, the dolphin’s inclusion baffled her, as she didn’t expect the jovial, if strange, being to ally himself with Mariette. She did gasp when Mariette mentioned her emergency plan of collapsing the dimension, her eyes wide. When Mariette ended her speech, Lily spoke up. ”You can’t collapse the dimension, Mariette.” She realized what she blurted out, and continued with a shake of her head: ”I mean, even if you’re desperate, that’s still too much! It’s too risky!”
“I’m not an expert on spatial related things, but that sounds like it could have some serious consequences for other nearby dimensions.” Alexander added “I mean, won't we feel some kind of backlash from that in other dimensions?”
That was when Eli informed them of Justine’s arrival, causing her to gasp again. ”Beacon...Does that mean-” She didn’t have much time to think of the implications, as another green-haired girl with a bigger presence made herself known, stepping out with the kind of bounce that immediately reminded her of Veronica. She seemed friendly enough at first, but her true colors quickly showed when she addressed Lily. Suffice to say, she was devastated by the truths she had revealed. ”B-But...How did you...” Lily had believed she had been quiet about Ixion, only bringing it up with trusted friends. But it seemed even that wasn’t enough to hide it from the likes of a busty bully like Viridian. And she even mentioned her new Patron engaging in illicit dealings. She wanted to deny the claims as lies and slander, and state that Umukamui wasn’t a Patron like that. But she didn’t have any evidence to prove otherwise. Her mouth was wavy as she visibly gained a big drop of sweat on her brow, looking nervous; even she started to have doubts about her Patron. Were the claims true? She was tongue tied, with no idea what she could say.
Sensing her distress, Alexander took a step in front of Lily, in an attempt to protect her
But then, she heard a new voice that advised her not to answer, and was shocked to see that it was the catgirl who spoke. ”What do you mean?” Lily responded, and then watched as she summoned a monster right before her very eyes, frightening her. ”Kiyah! A monster!” She exclaimed as she summoned her magical weapon, but then lowered it once it was apparent it wouldn’t harm anyone in the office. After the yeti left, Lily sighed in relief with a hand on her chest. ”Phew...That really spooked me. I’ve never seen someone summon a beast up close like that.”
Dina gestured for Lily and Alex to talk, and Lily followed her to the back of the room where they could converse without bothering the others. She continued listening to Dina as she spoke to her, surprised by how insightful she was about her and her recent circumstances. So she had also been a Solo magical girl? Lily found herself drawn to the catgirl’s accepting smile, and gave a slight smile of her own back. ”Thank you for speaking up for me. I got taken by surprise there, heh.” She offered her hand in a handshake. ”I’m Lily Lightning, and this is Alex,” she said, gesturing to her boyfriend. ”We’re Mariette’s friends.”
“Alexander,” Alexander corrected as he also offered his hand “But nobody actually calls me that...for some reason.”
”Well, I thought you’d like Alex more,” Lily spoke with a cute pout. ”But I can call you Alexander if that’s what you’d prefer.,”
Alexander shrugged “Eh, it doesn’t really matter anymore. It used to bug me, but I got used to it and don’t really care anymore. It’s just kind of weird how everyone we meet seems to use the nickname ‘Alex’ instead of my actual name.”
Dina’s ear perked up as she smiled somewhat catlike, before resuming her neutral polite visage once more, and offering a most elegant handshake. She would have offered a curtsy, but these folk seemed more about modern etiquette than most. “The names of a flower and of a conqueror. Fitting.” Dina said. “I’m Dina Denisova. Currently helping Sanctuary building a rapport and one of Dan’s girls.” Her gaze rested on the both. “This must be hard on you, to deal with such… harsh matters on top of a maze of lies that is politics and reputation. Fortunately for you, right now, with a Vampyr at the door the only reputation we ought to care about is whether you will stick to fighting, sell us out, or leave. And your emotions are written in your face. You’d make a very poor spy indeed.” Dina quipped, drawing even closer, almost nuzzling Lily’s neck with her cheek.
Lily cheered up from what she interpreted was a compliment. ”Thank you! Your name is also super cute. She nodded to Dina’s statement about political intrigue, looking a bit tired. ”Yeah, but that’s what you get when you live in Penrose. It didn’t help that monsters swarmed the place in winter, and caused some jerks to come here and cause trouble,” she said, puffing up her cheeks. Afterwards, she reluctantly agreed to being too open with her feelings, and she held her arm. ”Well, I’m honest when I say I want to help Mariette...I just don’t know how...” That was when Dina took a more intimate approach, causing Lily to freeze up, her face red like a tomato. ”Ahh!” However, she didn’t push the catgirl away, and simply let her continue her speech.
“That girl, Mariette is warped. Even I can see that. Magic does also queer things, and I have the inkling suspicious her original age was fairly younger. Possibly a lost, mistreated child, easy prey for unscrupulous patrons.” The catgirl said. “Do not fret about that, we will cross that bridge when it comes. And addressing your patron too.” She paused.
“So worry only whether you will flee Beacon or stay, Lily. I won’t judge either decision. I wish I could flee, alas. I would hate to die a dog’s death… but that child, Mariette… needs motherly care. And time is of the essence, Lily, Xander.”
Alexander raised an eyebrow “Xander? That’s new.”
Lily’s lips parted, as if to say something, but instead she simply stared forward, thinking. ”O-Okay...You’re right.” She finally had the will to gently push Dina away. ”Let’s do our best in stopping Justine, Dina. You can count on me!” She then blinked, and pulled out her phone. ”By the way, can we exchange phone numbers? Just in case either of us gets into trouble, you know? And, uh, you seem like a fun girl to talk to, tee hee~” She giggled slightly from her embarrassment.
“This feels weird” Alexander commented “Last time I had to deal with Justine, I was on the invading force. Now it’s the other way around, and there’s even more political nonsense. Thinking back to how everyone put aside faction based disputes to work together to stop her, I can’t help but feel like we’re moving backwards here. It’s actually kind of sad.” He sighed
“Such is life. But time is of essence. We should talk of this later.” Dina said, before addressing Lily. “My phone? Huh… just a sec.” She said as she brought her phone, and tried to extract a number… only to show a couple of male stud pics and a gif video about a nyancat. “...maybe later. Let’s get to it.”
Lily eagerly looked at Dina’s phone while clutching her own, only to reel back with shock from Dina’s fumble. ”Yeah, that’s fine with me, haha!” She responded, perhaps a bit too fast to be normal. ”Anyway, I now feel so much better than before!” She gave a little hug to Dina before stepping off. ”I hope that after this we can be good friends. Bye for now!” She then went back to Mariette’s side of the office. ”Hey Mariette, which way is to the roof, or somewhere else really high? I think I’d be able to help the best with a wide view around the mansion.”
“There aren’t a whole lot of us here Lily. So if you do pick a high point and snipe, you’re probably going to be up there alone. Are you sure you’re going to be okay on your own? Alexander asked worriedly.
Lily looked back to Alex with an unsure look. ”Don’t worry, Lexander!” She gave a bright smile. ”If I spot trouble, I’ll just run back here to you. Anyone trying to pursue me will be caught in the traps Mariette mentioned.”
Alexander raised an eyebrow “’Lexander’? Is that actually a thing?” he quickly dismissed that line of thought with a sigh “Just...be careful, okay? Don’t take any stupid risks.”
Dina for the most part, silently nodded and then addressed the rest of the people around Mariette. “Hope you do not mind me staying besides Mariette as healer. I can provide mythological summons on demand, stronger than normal beasts. Also, miss Su… do you think we could infuse those runes in mirrors so that they explode and can’t be used against Mariette?”
Sakura's eyes narrowed for the briefest moment, acknowledging Ronin. Well, this was going to be messier than she initially thought, so after the dust was settled, she looked at Ronin, and then at the Vampire lady. For some reason she was elegant, cute, with a dark allure, and very punchable.
"I'd like to join Miss Venereal". She said. Fucking stupid elaborate names. Couldn't she be called a bit easier?
Meanwhile, Umbra let a small chortle at the blooper of her comrade, before looking at the beacon members, and then Umukamui. "Pendersen isn't the only one who can make portals... folding space is a piece of cake when you know advanced relativity, tensorial calculus and Gravity as magic. Heee... I wanna give her a good butt spank like the bad girl she is." Umbra said, as Umukamui tilted his head and looked at everyone else with his lifeless eyes.
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Dina did not show any signs of it outwardly, but she was positively relieved she had avoided bloodshed. Well, some lingering feelings of certain people were pegging her with mistrust and disapproval, but it was better to snub some people to avoid a fistfight in such a volatile situation. Her ears folded a little back, betraying her inner mood when Penny dug up the Shinespark from the chest.
So much work to do, the girl did not have a single clue on how to act as a ruler. Rulers do not ask for permission. "I beg you pardon, your highness but rulers do not ask for permission. They simply embody the will of the people and act in their best interest." She said in a small voice.
"Still, the lack of secrecy about this shelter is truly worrisome. For that regard, I insist your highness exercises caution when exposing your decision to Beacon, and we cannot afford it should we spark conflict once again. It is but a humble opinion of a noblewoman in training, but a high-handed refusal at this moment in time might have some unintended consequences. Our movements should be far more subtle." She eyed the crowd.
"It's a small blessing people here are still willing to listen, but words will not ultimately stop our foes. We need more time to get to safety and build our defenses so we can truly be a sanctuary." Dina added, before doing a curtsy. "With your permission..." She said, before making the attempt to leave the meeting.
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